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Kinematic and Kinetic Chains

June 1, 2017

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The importance of recognizing a closed-chain activity lies in the fact that the motions of multiple joints are coupled. Weakness at any one joint will consequently limit performance of the entire movement.

Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design kinematic chain kinetic chain strength and conditioning

Common Medications that Lifters Over 40 Take, and How they Affect Exercise and Nutrition

October 30, 2020

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This article aims to offer guidance on the effects of certain medications, as well as help personal trainers and their clients in the consultation process with qualified physicians and pharmacists.

Personal trainers Nutrition Supplements Resistance Training Statins Beta Blockers ACE Inhibitors Blood Sugar Medications NSAIDS Acid Blockers

Enhancing the Force-Velocity Profile of Athletes Using Weightlifting Derivatives

May 1, 2017

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Weightlifting movements and their derivatives can be programmed effectively by considering their force–velocity characteristics and physiological underpinnings to meet the specific training goals of resistance training phases in accordance with the typical application of periodized training programs.

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Designing a Resistance Training Program for Paralympic Throwers

April 5, 2024

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This article focuses on a program for a Paralympic athlete born with a congenital limb deficiency (transradial peromelia) of the right arm.

Coaches Program design Paralympic Athlete Throwers Shot Put Transradial Peromelia

The Importance of Creatine Timing for Muscle Size and Strength

September 15, 2023

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This article provides a discussion around the evidence on creatine timing and supplementation.

Personal trainers Nutrition Creatine Carbohydrates Timing Micronutrients

Push Jerk

October 15, 2018

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This excerpt from Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training, Third Edition goes over the technique and execution in each phase of the push jerk.

Coaches Exercise Technique Push Jerk Weightlifting Olympic Weightlifting Power Development

TSAC Report – Military Column – January 2024

June 7, 2024

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The purpose of this article is to explore physical training interventions and their impact on military combat-centric roles for female soldiers.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation Military Job Task Load Carriage Endurance

Concurrent Activation Potentiation – Inconsequential Event or Viable Ergogenic Strategy

January 18, 2020

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This article aims to discuss concurrent activation potentiation (CAP) and the proposed mechanisms underlying it, summarize the available research examining the phenomenon, and provide strategies for its implementation.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Potentiation Maximal Muscular Effort Weightlifting Concurrent Activation Potentiation

Quantifying Training and Competition Load

August 6, 2021

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This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science highlights the importance of quantifying training load for both programming and monitoring an athlete’s progression or regression over time.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Training Load Player Load RPE GPS

Resistance Training Progressions for the Older Adult – Pulls and Rows

February 3, 2023

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This article provides four exercises that are specifically designed to assist in building efficient posterior chain strength that can ultimately improve quality of life, ability, and performance for the older adult.

Personal trainers Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Sarcopenia Posterior Chain Older Adult Kyphosis Row

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